Pinckneya bracteata Precocious Sun to Part Sun the tips turn outward within

the tips turn outward within days and the yellow flowers burst forth in a spectacular display

but the most common is a green leaf with a wide central stripe of silver

Flower spikes can be 5 to 6' tall depending on the particular Acanthus and are strongly vertical and persist for a couple of months

Paeonia 'Belvidere Princess' has been one of the top performers in our peony heat tolerance trials since 2004

Pinckneya bracteata Precocious Sun to Part Sun the tips turn outward within(aka: Pinckneya pubens) Pinckneya bracteata 'Precocious', a 2020 Plant Delights JLBG introduction is one of those rare woody plants that occasionally creep into our catalog thanks to a special connection. In 2015, Patrick McMillan of the SC Botanical Garden shared some extra seedlings of the Southeast (SC south to Florida) native small tree, Pinckneya bracteata. One of those seedlings began flowering at just over 1' tall, which is highly abnormal.